[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 896 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 896

To amend section 108(q)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 to promote regional cooperation in proposed plans for economic 
                          development grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1997

Mr. Traficant introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 108(q)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 to promote regional cooperation in proposed plans for economic 
                          development grants.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regional Cooperation Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 108(q)(4) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308(q)(4)), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon in subparagraph 
        (C);
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) when applicable as determined by the 
                Secretary, the extent of regional cooperation 
                demonstrated by the proposed plan; and''.
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